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Ultra-long room temperature phosphorescence of indium-based organic inorganic metal halides for naked-eye-visible afterglow

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Solid-state molecules based on room-temperature phosphorescent (RTP) emission have received extensive attention due to their special optical properties of triplet excitons. However, there are still few solid molecular systems with naked-eye-visible afterglow characteristics. Herein, we introduce 4-phenylbenzylamine (namely PBA) with a long conjugated system into common non-toxic In3+ to form an indium-based organic inorganic halide, whose chemical formula is PBA3[InCl6]·H2O. Interestingly, this hybrid halide generates a RTP emission at 617 nm with a lifetime decay as long as 290.4 ms, expressing a naked-eye-visible afterglow for more than 7 s. The mechanism study shows that the long lifetime RTP originated from the specific lamellar stacking of organic molecules and metal halide units, facilitating the interaction between the inorganic layers and organic layers. Therefore, the material can be potentially used in emergency lighting, information security, and other fields. Meanwhile, this work provides a reference for the design and implementation of a more efficient organic-inorganic hybrid system with the ultralong RTP emission.

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (52172096, 22090022, 21873065, 21833005, and 21790364), the Ministry of Science and Technology of China (2018YFA0704805, 2018YFA0704802).

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  1. Beijing Key Laboratory for Optical Materials and Photonic Devices, Department of Chemistry, Capital Normal University, Beijing, 100048, China

    Heng Yu, Hao Gong, Zhaorui Hua, Wenming Sun, Shuyan Gong, Yang Tian & Hongbing Fu

  2. Key Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Photochemistry, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China

    Yang Zhang & Ganglong Cui

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Yu, H., Gong, H., Hua, Z. et al. Ultra-long room temperature phosphorescence of indium-based organic inorganic metal halides for naked-eye-visible afterglow. Sci. China Chem. 66, 2576–2582 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11426-023-1721-4

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